IBM·Software Engineer

IBM Software Engineer interview experience

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Positive

United StatesPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My IBM process included a single 45-minute interview with a pretty clear split.

I had 30 minutes focused on behavioral questions and 15 minutes on technical, and there wasn’t any coding in the technical portion.

The behavioral part was the usual situation-based style—questions about how I’d handle different work scenarios, and they moved at a comfortable pace. The technical segment was more conceptual and tied back to my resume and what I talked about earlier. I remember having questions related to REST API implementation and data structures, which felt like they were testing understanding rather than speed.

It overall landed in the average difficulty range, and it

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